Porter County Parks & Recreation

Porter County Parks and Recreation is teaming up with Porter County 4-H to host a Project Day at Sunset Hill Farm County Park this Saturday, Sept. 22, from 9 a.m. to noon. It is free and open to the public. Members of 4-H will display projects that...

During the past two years, Porter County Parks and Recreation has offered a series of Couch to 5K programs designed to motivate and encourage people who want to get in better shape. This fall, Couch to Turkey Trot will be the latest installment in...

Last spring, Porter County Parks and Recreation teamed up with Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana to offer an empowering program for girls in third through fifth grades. About halfway through the 12-week session, head coach Jenna Martin began...

When Megan Homme signed up for the Camp FUNset Leaders in Training Experience (LITE) program, she only planned to participate for a week or two. But once she got involved, she kept coming back. “I had originally planned to only volunteer at a...

As the calendar turns another page today both the Porter County Parks Foundation and the Porter County Parks and Recreation Department continue to work hard to improve our County parks, deliver more impactful programs and do our part in preserving...

Camp FUNset is offering teens age 13 to 16 the chance to learn what it takes to be a camp counselor. The Leaders in Training Experience (LITE) program is new to the camp curriculum this year, and is for students who have “aged out” as campers....

Spring is a busy time of year at Porter County Parks and Recreation. The weather warms up, people start venturing outside, and Spring Out to Sunset comes to Sunset Hill Farm County Park. The festival takes place on May 19, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 3...

Porter County Parks and Recreation, Grow NWI offer community garden project Last year, a plot of land was set aside to begin a Community Garden at Sunset Hill Farm County Park. A handful of volunteers worked on it throughout the summer, and made sure...

We celebrate springtime every year with Spring Out to Sunset, a festival that is all about fun, families, and active living. The theme of this year’s event is, “A Community on the Grow,” and the activities that are offered encourage trying new...

Brincka Cross Gardens has undergone a good deal of change during the past year. The property, located at 427 E. Furness Road in Pine Township, features a variety of plants and flowers that cannot be found anywhere else in Northwest Indiana. Porter...